Bhakti Vandana is a set of devotional songs by Brahmachari Kedar Chaitanya (Swami Sughoshananda) that is very meaningful, melodious and helpful in connecting the listener to put him on the path of devotion and goodness.

Chinmayam Krishna is not just the name of the title track of this CD by Swami Siddhananda, it is a name for the inseperable duo of Shri Krishna and Swami Chinmayananda. Shri Krishna chose Swami Chinmayananda to be his exponent and dearest worker and Swami Chinmayananda in turn dedicated the greater part of his lfie to sharing Shri Krishna’s teachings with the world. He truly lived a life of love and service unto the Lord.

It is with that spirit of pure love that Chinamayam Krishna has been brought out and that purity has been expressed through each and every one of the bhajans, be it on Ganesha, Devi, Shiva, Rama, Krishna or the Guru.

Amidst the glorious setting and background of the Himalayas and Pujya Gurudev’s Samadhi Sthal of Sidhbhari, Pujya Swami Swaroopananda gave us a rare treat of a marathon talk on the entire Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta in October 2015.

Testimony of one of the camp attendees in the form of a poem:

Some of us had a rare opportunity to listen to the entire Geeta during the Marathon camps at Sidhbari. Besides learning in depth the complete Geeta at a stretch which sometime may take years or even a lifetime, it also turned out to be a life transforming event and the most memorable moments of our life.

As we traversed through the battlefield of Kurukshetra with him, we gained insight into Arjuna’s dejection and the ‘Krishna cure’ that the Lord kindly prescribes.

It became uncanny that,

the battlefield was within us,

the opposing forces being the noble intentions seemingly few in number,

against the mighty façade of negative and defeating notions in our bosoms,

Swami Mitrananda, guides the listener into a deeper understanding of who a guru is and what being guided by a learned one can mean to the individual who seeks to overcome disquiet and satisfy a yearning that is not yet fully understood,The endless wisdom in this text has been distilled to the pithy Guru Stotram in fourteen verses where the essence of the purpose and need for a Guru unfolds.